if we're dealing with religious artifacts, we ought to consider the texts from where they originated from - not derivative "works"
there have been many edits, yet you fail to mention archaeological discoveries (such as the dead sea scrolls) that have corrected some edits and affirmed large portions of text to be intact and accurate
so no, not really, you answered the question with nothing more than rumor mill fodder featured in an episode of ancient aliens (their piece on the ark of the covenant is strikingly similar to the "theory" you have laid out here - in the future you should just embed the video clip as their presenter is far more adept than you) - it's great gossip and the purview of entertaining children or the easily amused
the mere fact that the rod of moses had NOT been used "dozens of times throughout the millennia" should intuit the obvious - that there was nothing special about the rod itself. moses was a simple person, needing aaron to accompany him to speak on his behalf - hardly the type of person one would expect to command such a complicated piece of machinery… it was a simple rod before moses came upon the burning bush, and it remained a simple rod thereafter. it was the Almighty performing all of those works and wonders, and was certainly not under any obligation to obey some hapless wavings of a stick - the mere existence of which being entirely dependent on His will to begin with
it is understandable for a logical mind to disregard anything that they have no proof of - without firsthand knowledge of something, we have nothing but faith to go on to determine whether or not we believe something
it is also easy to let our own experiences bias how we view everything else - our frame of reference is the way the world is now, so naturally everything that happened in ancient times must somehow fit the mold of the way we understand the world to be in the present. those ancients were just fools for not having the words to describe what was "technology" - even objects they had crafted with their very own hands … they were clever enough to fashion such objects, yet were foolish enough to have no understanding of them at the same time - perhaps it is not they who lack the understanding
it is easier still to disregard things that we personally have never felt or experienced. there are countless stories from people who have felt or witnessed what they would describe as a "miracle" - something that cannot be explained even with the mighty pool of knowledge we have built up for ourselves. they may vary from the sensational to the subtle, yet there they are and they continue to occur - some of us experience them every single day, and it is indeed a shame that so many others do not and perhaps never will
it all comes down to a choice we all make -
you can believe if you wish to or not. the choice you make is of no consequence for those who do believe and those who choose to engage in >muh demon possession and so forth take things any of us may say about them with even less regard yet still press on doing what they do, in private anonymity - i'm sure you can appreciate that - and they assuredly have far more resources at their disposal with which to further their ends than anyone here on these boards
we can continue "chasing the dragon" in our noble efforts to unlock the secrets of the universe - our cumulative efforts to date have made the world we live in such a fine place, don't you think?
your very last statement is quite amusing to say the least (pic related)
youtube.com/watch?v=XPEWBEa8pqg